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| Abuse is physical, emotional, sexual, and psychological actions that demean others. |
| If it feels like it, it is. Is it that simple? No. Abuse is deceptive and complex. |
| Partly due to laws and lack of laws re equal status, the right to own property, equal pay for equal work, the right to decide what happens to our bodies. |
| Sometimes abusers don' t realize they are abusing. A man told me, "I don’t hit my kids as hard as my dad hit me." I asked him, "Do they have that comparison?" |
| Often abusers have been abused. It is a learned behavior - maybe the only behavior they know. Learned behavior can be unlearned. Unlearning abusive behavior and learning non-abusive behavior takes time. It can be enhanced if the abusers understand that they are abusers. |
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| People are denied freedom of choice based on skin color and/or religion. This leads to greater abuse. |
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| Why is abuse complex? |
| Abuse |